---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning community preservation and development authorities."
description: "Concerning community preservation and development authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1918"
citation: "Washington HB 1918 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS", "CITIES AND TOWNS", "AFRICAN-AMERICANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf437304-306b-4756-8230-fbabcb23fb9a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1918&year=2019"
source_hash: "472497eefcea15aaef5bf54331f26f86612953cb5143d039a78cd60782541fd0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1918 (2019-2020) — Concerning community preservation and development authorities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1918.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 447, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf437304-306b-4756-8230-fbabcb23fb9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).